Comparisons with other toolkits

A basic comparison of some of the features between the Dragon Age toolset and other toolsets, to help experienced builders get oriented quickly:

Feature	Dragon Age	Neverwinter Nights
NPC customization	Advanced face morphing tool	Limited face creation
Resource management	Database functionality with checking resources in and out and a complete record of past revisions for each resource. Toolset crashes cannot corrupt data.
Conversations	Tree-based editor with the ability to attach plot flags and scripts to each line, staging for determining where the participants and camera are positioned during each line, cinematics and animations for each line, and cutscene integration	Tree-based editor with script control
Cutscenes	Powerful native cutscene creator	Script-based cutscenes
Data tables	2das in Excel spreadsheet format	text files
User interface	palette windows for placing creatures, placeables etc. in a level. Separate art tools for level design, face morphs, models, sound design.	palette windows for placing creatures, placeables etc.